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USGBC Names Award in Mayor Daley’s Honor
September 29, 2010 by matt · Leave a Comment
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) yesterday announced a new award titled the “Mayor Richard M. Daley Legacy Award for Global Leadership in Creating Sustainable Cities.” The inaugural award will be presented to its namesake at the USGBC Greenbuild conference to be held November 17-19, 2010 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
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Greenbuild Legacy Projects Announced
August 26, 2010 by Dieterich Herndobler · Leave a Comment
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC)-Illinois Chapter Host Committee awarded six grants to Chicago area “legacy projects” in conjunction with this November’s Greenbuild Conference. This action advances the Chapter’s goal of developing green building at the grassroots level. The Greenbuild Conference is looking to give ten full conference scholarships to Greenbuild 2010 for those making a difference locally, as a way to encourage diversity within the green building community.
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Mandating Change in Illinois
December 2, 2009 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
By Danielle Wagner
The State of Illinois wants to demand more green from its buildings. The Illinois General Assembly recently passed the Green Buildings Act into legislation. The Act, effective as of July 24, 2009, mandates that state-funded building construction and major building renovation of state-owned facilities must obtain LEED, Green Globe or an equivalent sustainable building certification.
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Building Green Chicago Conference & Expo Highlights
December 2, 2009 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
Building on the popularity of its previous seminars, Index Publishing, in cooperation with USGBC Chicago, presented the Building Green Chicago Conference and Expo. The half-day event was a balance of showroom floor exhibiting the latest sustainable building products and educational seminars by top city officials and local leaders in the sustainability movement. Read More…
Index Publishing to Create New ‘Green Layer’
September 2, 2009 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
As more and more construction projects seek to become green across Chicago, Index Publishing is working to present these projects to our current and future GIS subscribers on its GIS map. Read More…
New E-Zine: Sustainable Chicago
June 24, 2008 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
Index Publishing is pleased to announce the inaugural issue of Sustainable Chicago, an e-zine published in cooperation with the City of Chicago’s Department of Environment, Department of Buildings, the Chicago chapters of the USGBC and AIA and other leaders of Chicago’s efforts to lead by example in sustainable design and development. Read More…
